gun control

Tensions over spending levels between Gov. Janet Mills and members of her Democratic caucus erupted to the surface late Wednesday night, delaying votes by several hours.

Debate over a half-dozen gun bills still pending in the Legislature has been influenced by the mass shooting in Lewiston last October that left 18 dead.

Maine's independent says his bill — introduced with a New Mexico Democrat — targets the mechanisms that can make semi-automatic guns so deadly in mass shootings rather than the appearance of the guns.

Previous attempts to expand background checks or pass sweeping gun control bills have failed in the Maine Legislature because of opposition from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers from rural areas.

Both for recent arrivals and those who have been in the country for decades, the growing list of mass shootings is eroding a sense of security they hoped to find in America.

Maine's two Democratic house members have split on a pair of bills designed to increase the waiting time and expand background checks for those seeking to…

In response to two recent deadly mass shootings in Ohio and Texas, about 100 protesters rallied in downtown Portland Sunday afternoon to advocate for gun…

Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine says that she would support legislation to close what she calls “loopholes in the background check system”…

Maine lawmakers are considering an additional “red flag” bill that supporters say is designed to curb gun violence.The bill, the result of negotiations…

AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine is unlikely to move forward on firearm legislation prohibiting the sale of high-capacity magazines. The Legislature's Criminal…